Weird food

Toasted mice are a delicacy in Malawi, Africa.

Find other examples of weird and wonderful delicacies from around the world.

1. Dried lizards, sometimes used in Asian cultures they use dry lizard in soups. 

2. fried brain sand which, this sand which was popular in central united states until mad cow disease became a concern.   

3. Drunken prawns,this is a popular dish in china where prawns or shrimp are eaten alive but are stunned by strong liquor.

4. Tuna eyeball, this is a popular Japanese food and is found in grocery stores with a cost of 1 USD. It tastes like squid but should be boiled before eaten.

social dance

This term we are doing social dance where you dance with the opposite gender. We do social dance in year seven and year eight.

Another short story

Write a very short story (10ish lines). Remember your story must have a problem and a resoution.

A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.

I heard the scream coming from the inside of a cabin in front of me. I followed my instincts and went inside to find that Alex was screaming at a spider on her sleeping bag. "You really just made me come inside to see that on your bed." I said. I've got to agree with her that the spider was big and hairy but to be honest I wasn't scared. "I'm not scared of the spider I'm scared of the rat that ran away." she said, I really couldn't care about her lies though. So I just walked off. At our campfire campfire I told the group about the rat. "Alex and I saw a rat it was huge, it had golf ball eyes and a peanut shaped nose." A few of the kids shivered. Man they are weak. "It was the size of a basket ball, it had droll coming out of its mouth. It was scary." I saw Alexs' face glowing like the fire "And then Alex fainted!"
"I didn't see a rat it was a spider!" Alex said her face redder than a tomato.

Wonder

In class we are reading a book called Wonder by R.J Palacio. Here is my cover for the book.

Maori Quizz

This morning I have made a Maori quizz. This quizz includes Maori colours, gods and numbers.

Maori gods

The story of Ranginui and Papatuanuku

(insert an image next to each of these gods)

1. Who is Ranginui? Ranginui is the Maori god of the sky.

2. Who is Papatuanuku? Papatuanuku is the Maori god of land.

Ranginui  (Maori god of the sky) and Papatuanuku (Maori god of the land)

3. Who is the Maori god of the forests? The Maori god of the forest is Tane Mahuta.

Tane Mahuta (god of the forest).

4. Who is the Maori god of the winds? Tawhirimatea is the Maori god of the winds and stroms.

Tawhirimatea (god of the wind).

5. Who is the Maori god of war? Tumatauenga is the Maori god of war.

God of war (Tumatauenga)

Maori island

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Our daily blog posts will all be related to this, this week.These islands are well known to locals but to Maori of Tauranga these island have their own respective Maori names. Find out these names.

Islands in Tauranga Moana

Leisure Island: Motuiki island

Peach Island: Ohauroro island

Rat Island: Motuopuhi island

Mayor Island: Tuhua

END OF TERM 2

YAY it 's the end of term two so lets review of whats happened in this term.

My birthday:
This term I celebrated my 13th birthday, so I'm now officially A TEEN! Since my birthday was on a Monday, my family and I went to the adrenaline forest, this is a place where you do high ropes challenges for a day.  After we had that hard day of climbing we went out for dinner. I also haven't told you this but my birthday was on the day after Mothers day, so it was a celebration to me and my mum.

My presents I got from my family were:
A drawing kit
The Book Thief
CHOCOLATE
A bag
Money

STARS cards:
This term we introduced STARS cards and click cards. Again I haven't told you this but I got my red Rimu band. These bands have STARS written on them and my school TIS. I have been wearing my band around the school with my class mates. If you didn't see what click cards and STAR cards are click here. 
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Maths:
For my maths this term I have been learning so much, I have learnt how to make different graphs in statistics. Every 15 minutes of maths we do maintenance when we write a answer and check our answer. I believe that I have improved so much in maths but I need to keep my book tidy.

BOOKS
As you probably have figured out I am a massive book fan.  Right now I'm reading:
The Book Thief
The Final 13
Rangers Apprentice
Brother Band
The Fault In Our Stars

I love all of theses books soo much they are really thought provoking and can change lives.  I recommend all of these books to everyone.

Cross country
We did cross country last week and I got 85.  We were allowed to celebrate our house so I bought red paint and covered myself in it.  IT WAS AWESOME! Me and Christine ran really hard and I was exhausted after I did it.

long haired student at court

The principal of St John's college has suspended year 12 Lucan Battison, because he refused to cut his hair. The new Principal, Paul Melloy, called Lucan's hair 'boffy' and told him to cut it but Lucan refused to and has taken this issue to court.  The school rule states that hair must be over the collar and out of the eyes, but Lucan's hair is just over the collar.  Lucan won his case and will be attending St John's next month.  Although Lucan won his case Mr Melloy says that it could be "harmful and dangerous" to other pupils who thought this action was cool.